Jon,

Try installing Times Extended Roman, which I use. It is available on the
same
website: http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com
with instructions.

Contact again if you still have difficulties.

Piya Tan

On Feb 11, 2008 10:11 PM, Jon Fernquest <bayinnaung@...> wrote:

> >http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com/S6.1_Ayacana_S_sd12.2.pdf
> >http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com/M26_Ariyapariyesana_S_sd1.11.pdf
> >http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com/sd12.1_Why_the_Buddha_hesitated.pdf
>
> I'm getting a corrupt fonts message when I read these files.
> Do you need to have certain fonts installed?
> What version of Adobe's reader do you use?
>
> Thank you for sharing this.
>
> [BTW if you carried on your Pali conversation with English translation
> underneath, it would be like teaching conversational Pali, wouldn't
> it? I haven't studied enough to understand some of the grammar+vocab.
> It would be interesting to see a transcript + translation of Pali
> conversations]
>
> Sincerely,
> Jon Fernquest
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, "Piya Tan"
> <dharmafarer@...> wrote:
> >
> > Dhivan has done a great paper on "Why did Brahma ask the Buddha to
> teach?"
> >
> > Those interesting in reading about the problem passage that Dhivan
> and I are
> > talking about,
> > can read a bit of what I have done here:
> >
> > http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com/S6.1_Ayacana_S_sd12.2.pdf
> >
> > http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com/M26_Ariyapariyesana_S_sd1.11.pdf
> >
> > http://dharmafarer.googlepages.com/sd12.1_Why_the_Buddha_hesitated.pdf
> >
> > This is still an interesting open research, so your views and
> suggestions
> > are welcome.
> >
> >
> > With metta,
> >
> > Piya Tan
> >
> >
> > On Feb 11, 2008 12:52 AM, dkotschessa <dkotschessa@...> wrote:
> >
> > > --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com><Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, "Jon
>
> Fernquest"
> > > <bayinnaung@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear List;
> > > >
> > > > "King's of the Buddha's Time" (1983) by Bhikkhu Amritananda of Nepal
> > > > (now deceased)
> > > >
> > > > This is a really fantastic book that I would recommend to anyone
> > > > interested in Pali literature.
> > > >
> > > > It is full of useful background information and puts Jataka stories
> > > > into context.
> > > >
> > > > Often you hear names when reading the Tipitaka that can sometimes
> > > not
> > > > have meaning for the reader due to limitations in knowledge. This
> > > book
> > > > weaves together disparate parts of the Tipitaka into biographies and
> > > > narratives and provides this background info.
> > > >
> > > > It only cost 80 baht (2.5 US dollars) at the bookstore across from
> > > Wat
> > > > Benjamapopit (sorry for spelling) which leads me to believe that the
> > > > price was set more to cover the cost of paper than to make any
> > > profit,
> > > > with an aim to disseminating this work as widely as possible.
> > > >
> > > > Which leads me to conclude that a lot of authors of works probably
> > > > would be open to making their work available on the internet, if
> > > asked
> > > > politely with objective of non-profit dissemination made clear.
> > > >
> > > > Sincerely,
> > > > Jon
> > >
> > > Jon,
> > >
> > > How would somebody from the U.S. go about getting a copy? When I
> > > search for it online it leads me back here to this post!
> > >
> > > -DaveK
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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> >
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